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Sep 25 2008 8:28am EDT

Idle Chatter: Bad Ad News, Train Trauma, more

-Ad spending fell 3.7 percent in the second quarter -- the biggest drop since 2001 -- according to ad-tracking firm TNS Media Intelligence. [Bloomberg]

David Letterman excoriated John McCain for canceling an appearance on his show as part of his grandstanding show of bipartisan America-first-ness. [Gawker]

-Tax credits have been incredibly successful at getting TV shows to shoot in New York City. [NYT]

-A Los Angeles TV station cut away from Late Night with Conan O'Brien when it aired a skit involving model trains crashing head-on. The station was worried it would remind viewers of the recent commuter-train collision. [NYP]

-Digg.com plans to double its staff thanks to a $28.7 million funding injection. [Tech Observer]

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